What are YOUR favorite low cal, super filling vegetables?

Vegetables_are_fun

I've eaten about 3 pounds of broccoli this week and although it's delicious I'm a little afraid of turning green. What are your favorite veggies and how do you like them?

jc86

i really like zucchini sauted or roasted

splucy

i really like zucchini sauted or roasted

mmmmm zucchini is the bomb

I love asparagus yellow squash and spinach. yum yum!

anticheer101

For fruit, Watermelon! It is super cheap in the summer and so good on those hot days where you need a cold snack. PLUS it is a negative calorie, so go ahead... Eat the WHOLE thing

Other negative calories foods according to : http://www.livestrong.com/article/28673-list-negative-calorie-foods/

includes apples, asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage (green), carrots, cauliflower, celery roots, celery chicory, chili peppers, cranberries, cucumbers, dandelions, endive, garden cress, garlic, green beans, eggplants, grapefruit, lemon mango, lettuce, onions, oranges, papayas, pineapples, radishes, raspberries, spinach
strawberries, tangerines, turnips and zucchini.

tmarie2715

Totally addicted to those skinny green beans (haricots verts). I love them raw with salsa or hummus, steamed, or just plain!

jess393

I LOVE to grill zucchini! I love it all ways, but something about grilling brings out more flavor. Delish!!

dianniejt

Cauliflower!!!

I roast it. Just throw what you want in a bowl, spray some cooking spray on it, toss in some salt and pepper. We add other seasoning or sometimes parm cheese. Today I added some garlic, cayenne pepper and paprika. Sometimes I add curry powder.
Roast at 400* for 30 minutes. It is delicious

PandaCustard

Zucchini, summer squash, spinach, broccoli, and bell peppers are my favorite! Mushrooms too, but I guess that's technically not a vegetable. I like to throw all of those in a skillet with a little bit of olive oil and onions and saute them all together. Delicious!

JenniferInNY

Cut-up raw tomatoes, with salt and freshly-ground pepper.

Red bell peppers. They're great raw (esp w/ a little low-cal Italian vinaigrette dressing), but if you roast them they're even better. I just cut them into slices and stick them in the toaster oven on the bare rack. Then once they've cooled I eat them plain.

Mushrooms. I think they're gross when they're raw, but roasted or sauteed mushrooms are fantastic. I love the springy texture and nutty flavor.

tari12340

Totally love edamame!! Great snack food....and because you pull the "peas" out of the pod, it takes longer to eat, so you feel like you ate more. Nothing wrong with that!

cheshirechic

Roast cauliflower! Or turn it into rice. The internet is filled with deeeeee-licious "cauliflower rice" recipes.

Make zucchini into spaghetti. Or use spaghetti squash.

Get a BUNCH of greens (collards are my fave) and render a slice or two of uncured bacon, toss in onion and garlic, then the cleaned and chopped greens. I eat this with fried eggs on top and LOTS of hot sauce.

(And when you're not sick of broccoli, try roasting that, too. Toss w/ olive oil, chopped garlic, some red pepper flakes, salt and black pepper, and roast in a 400 degree oven until it's tender enough to eat. Add some pecorino at the end if you want. OR do tamari w/ garlic, olive oil, ginger, salt, and pepper.)

I make most of these regularly. Happy cooking! ;D

jynxxxed

Raw grape tomatoes. I'm completely addicted!

Vegetables_are_fun

Wow! Thank you for the ideas This inspires me to keep up with the fitness and to go make some yummy dinner

KeriW626

Butter nut squash. Slice it in halve long ways, scoop out the seeds and loose threads. Then back face down on a baking sheet, sprayed lightly. bake at 450 degrees. for about an hour. the skin will bubble and look burned. When it is done scoop out the meat and mash it. I add a very small amount of splenda and 1 tbs of pumpkin spice or plain cinnomon. Mash it all together. I fix both halves at the same time. I then portion out 1/2 cups into snack bags. I then eat one to two at a time. It is extremely filling.

This recipe calorie count is 82 calories per cup. I hope other enjoy this as much as I do.

KeriW626

By the way, I believe we are coming into the perfect season for eatting low cal. Fresh fruits and veggies should be aboundant. I love the farmers sale on sat am. Call me crazy, I also stop and ask people whose fruit trees are over flowing, if I can have some. The answer is usually yes, take as much as you want. If you are gonna do this make sure to take bags with you. Good luck.

iKapuniai

I LOVE broccoli too, steamed w/ a drizzle of homemade teriyaki sauce.

My second favorite is sauteed FRESH green beans w/ garlic salt, onion powder and crushed red pepper flakes. yummeerrrsss!!

Moyzilla

In the summer, I love cabbage! I eat it as coleslaw and just use any recipe but substitute mayo with greek yogurt. I can eat a huge bowlful for barely any calories and it's super filling!

Dahllywood

spinach, bell peppers, cauliflower, lettuce, zucchinis, squashes (not all together :P)

I want to try out spaghetti squash sometime soon

Romans624

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Furbuster

Cauliflower!!!

I roast it. Just throw what you want in a bowl, spray some cooking spray on it, toss in some salt and pepper. We add other seasoning or sometimes parm cheese. Today I added some garlic, cayenne pepper and paprika. Sometimes I add curry powder.
Roast at 400* for 30 minutes. It is delicious

Thanks for that, I always boil it and never thought of roasting it. Caulis are my favourite too! x

toogsmom

mushrooms , yellow squash, zucchini and onions soaked overnight in fat free Italian dressing and put in a roasting pan or tin foil pouch on grill! Yummy!!!